This is such a joke. Stats on Cuba are usually provided by the Cuban government, not a single one international organization have ever made a census, or conducted an independent inspection to prove/disprove any of the government's claims. As someone who grew up in Miami, with many Cuban friends, and who have also been in Cuban, not in the touristy places(varadero, cayo largo, etc...), but where the Cubans actually live, this is disgusting, and a bad analogy. It blows my mind how people here, are always complaining about China, but go alone with the propaganda from the bloody, murderous Cuban dictatorship. There is plenty of info online, from independent sources on Cuba, on how is the healthcare(or the lack of it) over there, go and take a look.
That's true. The Amish don't live on an island, and haven't been subject to half a century of embargo and economic sanctions. The restrictions on their participation in the wider society and global economy are by choice, and they freely access whatever outside resources are useful to sustain themselves when they decide that it makes sense to do so. The two situations are indeed incomparable.
Cuba is completely free to trade with the other 85% of the world economy that is not the United States, and indeed they've done so since the Soviet Union collapsed. They do quite a bit of trade with various European countries, and in particular Spain.
Interestingly, they're not even 100% cut off from the US- agricultural exports are exempt, and so Cuba imports quite a bit of US foodstuffs like poultry, soybeans and corn. (Farmers generally drive US economic policy!)
Exactly, the "half a decade of embargo" rhetoric come from people who clearly don't live or never have been in Cuba, nor understand the reason for the embargo. I don't blame them tho, they are just victims of decades of propaganda.
